A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Molina in Chile. Exact location, longitude -71.7578° West, latitude -34.9541° South, depth = 48 km. The temblor was reported at 13:11:33 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000404c. Event ids that are associated: us1000404c. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48 km (30 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 16:11:33 / November 21, 2015 @ 4:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Vicente (c. 22 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Vicente, Constitución, San Javier.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km WNW of Molina, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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